1949 Washington Redskins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: John Whelchel (3-3-1)
Coach: Herman Ball (1-4)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1949 Washington Redskins RosterTeam Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: John Whelchel (3-3-1)
Coach: Herman Ball (1-4)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1949 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1949 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The Redskins netted 268 points, but the leaky defense gave up 339. Sammy Baugh passed for 1,903 yards. Hugh Taylor grabbed 45 passes for 781 yards.
Rob Goode carried the ball for a team-best 261 yards for Washington, while Pete Stout and Harry Dowda additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Dan Sandifer picked off 5 opponent throws.
John Whelchel and Herman Ball coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Baugh | 255 | 145 | 56.9 | 1903 | 7.5 | 18 | 7.1 | 14 | 5.5 | 76 | 81.2 |
| Harry Gilmer | 132 | 49 | 37.1 | 869 | 6.6 | 4 | 3.0 | 15 | 11.4 | 61 | 31.0 |
| Tommy Mont | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 64.0 |
| Totals | 394 | 197 | 50.0 | 2816 | 7.1 | 22 | 5.6 | 29 | 7.4 | 76 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Goode | 61 | 261 | 4.3 | 54 | 2 |
| Pete Stout | 62 | 245 | 4.0 | 74 | 4 |
| Harry Dowda | 65 | 239 | 3.7 | 21 | 2 |
| Eddie Saenz | 53 | 170 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 31 | 167 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Ed Quirk | 40 | 139 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Leon Cochran | 34 | 135 | 4.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Tommy Mont | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 17 | 2 |
| Dan Sandifer | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 21 | 0 |
| John Hollar | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Poillon | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Peebles | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 407 | 1579 | 3.9 | 74 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Taylor | 45 | 781 | 17.4 | 76 | 9 |
| Hal Crisler | 26 | 388 | 14.9 | 47 | 4 |
| Eddie Saenz | 23 | 251 | 10.9 | 31 | 0 |
| Dan Sandifer | 19 | 293 | 15.4 | 35 | 3 |
| Rob Goode | 16 | 279 | 17.4 | 54 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 67 | 1 |
| Clyde Goodnight | 11 | 150 | 13.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Tommy Mont | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 30 | 2 |
| Pete Stout | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 39 | 2 |
| Leon Cochran | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Ed Quirk | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
| John Hollar | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Dick Poillon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Berrang | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 197 | 2816 | 14.3 | 76 | 22 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Poillon | 67 | 2697 | 40.3 | 59 |
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 |
| Totals | 68 | 2750 | 40.4 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 18 | 199 | 11.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 17 | 178 | 10.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 377 | 10.8 | 41 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 24 | 518 | 21.6 | 70 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 24 | 465 | 19.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Frank Seno | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Tommy Mont | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Quirk | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 1113 | 20.2 | 70 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sandifer | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Herb Siegert | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pete Stout | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Al DeMao | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 223 | 12.4 | 59 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Saenz | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Berrang | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Sandifer | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Herb Shoener | 0 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Poillon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Dowda | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Quirk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Joe Soboleski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Stout | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Livingston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Stovall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Baugh | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jim Peebles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Seno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Mont | 0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | |||
| John Adams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laurie Niemi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Badaczewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Crisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 99 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Hugh Taylor | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
| Dick Poillon | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||
| Pete Stout | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Hal Crisler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Harry Dowda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Dan Sandifer | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| John Hollar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Rob Goode | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Tommy Mont | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Herb Shoener | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Leon Cochran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ed Quirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268 |
